ISprawl: Design and tuning for high-speed autonomous open-loop running

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 903-912

  Kim, Sangbae ^a   Clark, Jonathan E ^b   Cutkosky, Mark R ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biorobotics; Compliance; Hexapod; Legged locomotion

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; MACHINE DESIGN; POWER TRANSMISSION; ROBOTS; TUNING;

BIOROBOTICS; COMPLIANCE; HEXAPOD; LEGGED LOCOMOTION;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 33747618243     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906069150     Document Type: Article

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